Call For Papers – Mythic Characters and Places Made Real: TV and Film In Situ
CALL FOR PAPERS Mythic Characters and Places Made Real: TV and Film In Situ An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on Film and Myth September 26-30, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA www.filmandhistory.org Deadline: June 1, 2012 Popular media increasingly are becoming the foundation for “non-mediated” experiences with local, material culture. Now, [...]
Scott Poole: Satan in America
I first heard of W. Scott Poole through the Religion Dispatches website that involves scholars interacting with pop culture and religion. Scott wrote an article on Jennifer’s Body that I commented on here, and which attracted a lot of interest at the now defunct HorrorBlips. Scott is associate professor of history at the College of [...]
Sci Fi, Fantasy Horror, and “Reel’ Spirituality
I still remember one night in the 1970s when my dad gave my younger brother and I the option of watching The Wonderful World of Disney on television as part of our regular family habit, or a horror film on another channel. The curiosity of youth being what it was, we chose the horror film, [...]
